Similar
to the Pocket 9, with a 4 inch barrel, again Limited production

1986

Pocket
.380

.380acp

Similar
to the Pocket 9, 23 ounces

1986

Power 9

9mm

Similar
to the pocket 9 except has polished slide sides, and came with 2 magazines.

1985-1986

The
Pocket 9 Series were produced from 1985 thru 1986 only and discontinued due
to lack of demand. Special thanks to Mick at MRM for supplying the above information.

Production
Numbers from 1984-1987

Year

.380

9mm

.45

Total

1984

0

2,742

951

3,693

1985

110

1,546

1,292

2,948

1986

85

218

563

866

1987

4

2

281

287

Misc Notes
and History

The first patents
for Detonics Inc. reflect a filing date of June 3, 1976 and were submitted
by Patrick Yates, Sidney Woodcock, and Jeffrey Bealls.

Production numbers were
26,000 units between the Detonics and New Detonics Inc. Courtesy Mick@MRM

1045 investors were brought
into the company to form the New Detonics corporation, which was relocated
to Phoenix, AZ. This effort was spearheaded by Robby Barkum, who is known
for his Robar finish. Courtesy Calus

The New Detonics Corporation,
ceased operating in the spring of 1992 and all assets were sold at auction
in Phoenix, AZ.

At one time an Ex-Detonics
employee stole a Detonics imprinting plate and stamped out some fake Detoincs
pistols using ODI/Viking frames. Courtesy Tony Rumore

At one time they ran out
of Detonics shipping boxes so they took the .451 Conversion kits out of their
own boxes and shipped complete pistols in them. The "1" on the boxes was carefully
painted out as well as the "Conversion" part. Courtesy Tony Rumore

At one point they made
up a pile of 9mm Combatmasters but they did not sell well, so after collecting
dust for several years, they yanked the top ends off of them and converted
them back to 45's. Courtesy Tony Rumore

A little known movie fact
from Terminator II - Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) used a modified
Detonics in the scene directly after she emptied her M16 into Miles Dyson's
(Joe Morton) house. The gun was a Scoremaster frame with a Combatmaster slide
and a comp'd barrel to make it look like a longslide. A former Detonics employee
confirmed that the pistol was built years earlier but to everbody's knowledge
was never used in a movie until years later when it came out in T2. Courtesy
Tony Rumore